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MELBOURNE artist Travis MacDonald has been awarded the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Arts Prize for his painting “The top of the pond”.<\/p>\n

MacDonald’s work received the $30,000 award for its “enigmatic space, lyrical figuration, and beautifully refined aesthetic.”<\/p>\n

The artist was born in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand, but now lives and works in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

His often deliberately understated works feature a subdued palette and subjects working to bridge the gap between the mundane and absurd.<\/p>\n

He has previously been awarded the Gary Grossbard Drawing Prize and the Lionel Gell Foundation Drawing Scholarship.<\/p>\n

His works have been featured in the 2018 Melbourne Art Fair and in 2016, MacDonald’s work was exhibited in Painting. More Painting at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.<\/p>\n

“The top of the pond” is MacDonald’s first piece to be acquired by the Geelong Gallery.<\/p>\n

The judging panel were drawn into the oil painting for its “beguiling sense of calm, aabsorbing the viewer into a luminous, dynamic space of contemplation and possibility.”<\/p>\n

“The figure invites empathy and intimacy and evokes the peace found in solitary reverie and the restorative power of nature.<\/p>\n

“The top of the pond is a painting that asks us to give it time – to slowly meditate on what we are looking at and what feelings, memories, and desires it conjures.<\/p>\n

“MacDonald’s painting is a romantic, emotive panacea – a thing of beauty – in a world flooded with images of the banal and the horrific.”<\/p>\n

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Travis MacDonald, \u2018The top of the pond\u2019 2024, oil on linen. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MacDonald said his work was the final iteration of an ongoing study of public foundations.<\/p>\n

“They are an affordable solution to a public beautification project and citizen relaxation.<\/p>\n

“No statues, just water from water, liquid and light. Light travels in straight lines, enters water, water follows a path of least resistance.<\/p>\n

“A tricked-out Monet idea. The parable load of the fountain – of youth, of fertility\/libido, knowledge, of rest and restlessness-is traversable.<\/p>\n

“Like a number of radios stuck between stations, too much matter squeezed through a nozzle, a polite and mundane disorder.”<\/p>\n

The judging panel congratulated all shortlisted finalists on their efforts.<\/p>\n

“The high calibre of works in this year’s prize and exhibition made the judging process both challenging and very rewarding,” the panel stated.<\/p>\n

“We acknowledge and honour their commitment to art practice and vital contributions to contemporary culture.<\/p>\n

“Collectively, they reflect the excellence and vitality of contemporary Australian painting.”<\/p>\n

The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize exhibition is now on display at Geelong Gallery.<\/p>\n

For more information, head to geelonggallery.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE artist Travis MacDonald has been awarded the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Arts Prize for his painting “The top of the pond”. MacDonald’s work received the $30,000 award for its “enigmatic space, lyrical figuration, and beautifully refined aesthetic.” The artist was born in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand, but now lives and works in Melbourne. His often deliberately […]<\/p>\n

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